One of the weaknesses of a democracy, a system of which I am trying to make the best, is that until it is right up against it it will never face the truth. (Stanley Baldwin)

One of the weaknesses of a democracy, a system of which I am trying to make the best, is that until it is right up against it it will never face the truth.

Stanley Baldwin

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